Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) Piotroski F-Score: 2 (As of Aug. 24, 2026) — 50% Below Median

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XJAM:BIL Barita Investments Ltd XJAM:BIL
61 GF Score
Price JMD64.81
GF Value JMD17,125.03
Valuation Possible Value Trap
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What is Barita Investments Piotroski F-Score?

Barita Investments XJAM:BIL -0.12% 61 Piotroski F-Score is 2 as of Aug. 24, 2026, which is 50% below its 10-year median of 4.00. GuruFocus rates XJAM:BIL with a GF Score™ of 61/100 and a GF Value™ of JMD17,125.03 (Possible Value Trap). The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 785 Capital Markets companies, Barita Investments ranks worse than 91.72% on this metric.

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Barita Investments has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barita Investments's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XJAM:BIL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Barita Investments was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.

Barita Investments  (XJAM:BIL) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


Barita Investments Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Barita Investments Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Barita Investments's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Barita Investments Piotroski F-Score Chart

Barita Investments Annual Data
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Barita Investments Quarterly Data
Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26 Jun26
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XJAM:BIL vs MS, GS, SCHW: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Barita Investments's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Barita Investments Piotroski F-Score vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Barita Investments's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barita Investments's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


XJAM:BIL
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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Jun26) TTM:Last Year (Jun25) TTM:
Net Income was 763.408 + 211.467 + 1170.602 + 1317.752 = JMD3,463 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -9715.677 + -313.796 + 4421.882 + -182.815 = JMD-5,790 Mil.
Revenue was 2193.114 + 1179.732 + 3716.978 + 5194.451 = JMD12,284 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun25)
to the end of this year (Jun26) was
(149719.616 + 149609.266 + 148631.868 + 179192.36 + 182975.441) / 5 = JMD162025.7102 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun25) was JMD149,720 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was JMD31,853 Mil.
Total Assets was JMD182,975 Mil.
Total Liabilities was JMD145,004 Mil.
Net Income was 929.598 + 551.214 + 627.542 + 1066.376 = JMD3,175 Mil.

Revenue was 2959.52 + 1437.002 + 2162.479 + 2669.668 = JMD9,229 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun24)
to the end of last year (Jun25) was
(135006.376 + 142315.049 + 139603.155 + 146156.081 + 149719.616) / 5 = JMD142560.0554 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun24) was JMD135,006 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was JMD18,365 Mil.
Total Assets was JMD149,720 Mil.
Total Liabilities was JMD112,178 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Barita Investments's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,463. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Barita Investments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -5,790. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun25)
=3463.229/149719.616
=0.02313143

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun24)
=3174.73/135006.376
=0.02351541

Barita Investments's return on assets of this year was 0.02313143. Barita Investments's return on assets of last year was 0.02351541. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Barita Investments's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,463. Barita Investments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -5,790. ==> -5,790 <= 3,463 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Jun26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun25 to Jun26
=31853.405/162025.7102
=0.19659476

Gearing (Last Year: Jun25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun24 to Jun25
=18364.859/142560.0554
=0.12882191

Barita Investments's gearing of this year was 0.19659476. Barita Investments's gearing of last year was 0.12882191. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Jun26)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=182975.441/145003.894
=1.26186571

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=149719.616/112178.303
=1.33465752

Barita Investments's current ratio of this year was 1.26186571. Barita Investments's current ratio of last year was 1.33465752. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Barita Investments's number of shares in issue this year was 1200.355. Barita Investments's number of shares in issue last year was 1200.014. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=3463.229/12284.275
=0.28192376

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=3174.73/9228.669
=0.34400735

Barita Investments's net margin of this year was 0.28192376. Barita Investments's net margin of last year was 0.34400735. ==> Last year's net margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Jun25)
=12284.275/149719.616
=0.08204853

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun24)
=9228.669/135006.376
=0.06835728

Barita Investments's asset turnover of this year was 0.08204853. Barita Investments's asset turnover of last year was 0.06835728. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+1
=2

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Barita Investments has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 2 mean?
Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) has a Piotroski F-Score of 2 as of Aug. 24, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Barita Investments and its competitors. This is 50% below median its historical median of 4.00. Over the past decade, Barita Investments' Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 1.00 to 7.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Barita Investments ranks #720 out of 785 companies in the Capital Markets industry, placing it in the top 91.7%.
Is Barita Investments' Piotroski F-Score too high?
Barita Investments' current Piotroski F-Score of 2 is 50% below median its 10-year median of 4.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 1.00 to a high of 7.00. The Capital Markets industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Barita Investments' value of 2 is 60% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Barita Investments ranks #720 out of 785 companies in the Capital Markets industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Barita Investments has a GF Score™ of 61/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Barita Investments' Piotroski F-Score compare to MS and GS?
According to the Capital Markets industry distribution chart, Barita Investments ranks #720 out of 785 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Barita Investments in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Barita Investments' value of 2 is 60% below this benchmark. Historically, Barita Investments' own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 1.00 to 7.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Barita Investments has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Capital Markets company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Capital Markets companies is 5.00, based on 785 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Barita Investments's current Piotroski F-Score of 2 is 60% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Barita Investments and its competitors. For the Capital Markets industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Barita Investments's current Piotroski F-Score is 2, which is 50% below median its own 10-year median of 4.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Barita Investments stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is JMD17,125.03, compared to a current price of JMD64.81 — trading 99.6% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 2, which is 50% below median its 10-year median of 4.00 and 60% below the Capital Markets industry median of 5.00. Barita Investments' overall GF Score™ is 61/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL), the current Piotroski F-Score is 2 as of Aug. 24, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Barita Investments stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of JMD64.81 is trading 99.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of JMD17,125.03. GuruFocus considers Barita Investments to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for XJAM:BIL:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 2 (50% below median its 10-year median of 4.00)
  • GF Value™: JMD17,125.03 vs. price of JMD64.81 (99.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100 with 5 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 60% below the Capital Markets median (#720 of 785)

No single metric tells the full story. See the XJAM:BIL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Barita Investments Business Description

Address 15 Street Lucia Way, Kingston, JAM, 5
Barita Investments Ltd is a licensed securities dealer, investment manager, pension administrator and cambio operator and has primary dealer status from Bank of Jamaica. The principal activities of company are securities brokerage, money market activities, cambio operations, investment banking, and fund management. Its products are Unit Trust Funds, Barita GPS, FX Income Accumulator, Capital Growth Fund, Money Market Fund, FX Growth Portfolio, FX Bond Portfolio, Real Estate Portfolio, Income Portfolio, Pension Management Fund, Individual Retirement Scheme, Fixed Income, Stocks and Research, etc. The company has three segments Fixed Income, Fund Management, and Other operations. The majority of revenue comes from Fixed Income which includes money market activities and securities broking.
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